Deloitte Survey of US Physicians

Physician insights on health reform, health IT, and the future of medicine

The Deloitte Survey of US Physicians provides data-driven insights on physicians’ perceptions of the health care system and their thoughts on health care reform. Research conclusions include their perspectives and attitudes about health care reform, the future of the medical profession and health IT.

Perspectives about health care reform and the future of the medical profession

Most US physicians are concerned that the future of the medical profession may be in jeopardy and consider many changes in the market to be a threat. They believe that the performance of the US health care system is suboptimal, but the Affordable Care Act is a good start to addressing issues of access and cost.

Most US physicians believe that:

Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements may be problematic, prompting many physicians to limit or close their practices to these enrollees.

Physician-hospital integration is expected to increase.

Clinical decision support information technologies that reduce unnecessary services and increase clinician adherence to evidence-based practices are of interest to physicians.

This report highlights why transparency, data sharing, active engagement, and affirmation of the value of physicians by health care organizations is needed for effective business relationships.

​Survey methodology

Since 2011, the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions has annually polled a nationally representative sample of the US physician population to understand perspectives and attitudes about health care.

In 2014, a random sample of US primary care and specialist physicians was selected from the American Medical Association’s (AMA) master file of physicians. Invitation letters describing the nature of the survey and honorarium were mailed to physicians via postal mail. Those interested in participating were directed to a website where the web-based questionnaire was completed online. The survey took approximately 22 minutes to complete. Survey data was collected June 2-23, 2014. 561 physicians completed the survey.

Data are weighted to reflect the national distribution of physicians in the AMA master file by years in practice, gender, region and medical specialty. The margin of error is +/- 3.89 percent at the .95 confidence level.

Meet the authors

Managing Director | Center for Health Solutions

As managing director for the Center for Health Solutions, Deloitte LLP, Sarah oversees the development and execution of the strategic research agenda which aims to help industry stakeholders respond t... More

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